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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday August 21,1989 Malcolm Forbes with a Little help from daughter Mora left and Elizabeth Taylor cuts the cake. Marking his 70th year Forbes throws party of the Century  morn can i api Magazine publisher eluding six elaborately furnished tents set up for Tangier. Morocco a Magazine publisher Malcolm Forbes celebrated his 70th birthday sat urday welcoming nearly 1,000 guests to Tangier s party of the Century. Resplendent in a Forbes clan Kilt Forbes stood in a receiving line shaking hands with each of his guests Many of whom were flown to Morocco from the United states for the  Fleet of buses brought the guests from their Tan Gier hotels to the Mejdoub chateau Forbes residence and they lined up to go through Security checks and draw lots for their assignments to one of six tents. At one time the line of guests extended for about Iso Yards and it took some 40 minutes to pass through the  of moroccan dancers and singers entertained the guests waiting in  of the monarchy of King Hassan ii Cooper ated in organizing Security and the City s main Street was closed to All but party traffic for hours before the festivities  armed guards and plam clothes men were on duty Early in the chateau s is acc Garden. The chateau purchased in 1971 from a former Royal governor of Tangier is on a Cliff overlooking the Mediterranean and the Straits of Gibraltar. The Midsummer Haze on saturday veiled the View of the european Mainland. Most of the guests whose names constituted a list of the wealthy and famous in America were flown Here in three Jet planes including a supersonic concorde from new York on  took More than 100 american and european reporters and photographers around the Garden sat urday for a last minute View of the arrangements in Cludine d tent t tasty moroccan specialities belly dancing and fireworks and dancing until Dawn. While walking through the grounds reporters asked Forbes How he could give such a lavish party estimated to Cost More than $3 million amid the poverty of Morocco. You Don t defend it Forbes replied. We Proba Bly All do things in our lives that Are not essential. I Don t feel guilty about it. I feel grateful we can do  his four sons and his daughter Moira posed for photographers with their father. Theoretically the Chil Dren were the hosts for the evening but Forbes said you can t really describe it As a Surprise party. My children Are giving me the party and i m paying for it. The catering costs considerably less than it would in the West he said. Catering manager Abdelkrim Temsamani said the total catering Bill would come to less than $750.000.a total of 100 sheep 600 chickens and 1,500 eggs went into the dishes prepared for the guests. With four exceptions the guests had to draw lots to determine who sat in which tent. Forbes assigned him self the two sons of King Hassan ii and actress Eliza Beth Taylor to the largest tent. Taylor appeared briefly with Forbes at the end of the press viewing. She has been his frequent companion since his 39-year marriage ended in divorce in 1985. The guest list included such world figures As former president Jimmy Carter former Secretary of state Henry Kissinger real estate magnate Donald Trump publishers Rupert Murdoch Robert Maxwell and Katherine Graham television personalities Walter Cronkite and Barbara wallers and former Kings Constantino of Greece and Simeon of Bulgaria. Thousands of protesters in Dublin demand British leave n. Ireland Dublin Ireland a an estimated 10,000 peo ple marched through Dublin to the British embassy saturday demanding the withdrawal of British troops from Northern Ireland. About 500 police stood guard at barriers in front of the embassy and the marchers stopped there for a rally. Among those in the front of the March was Gerry Adams Leader of sinn fein the Legal political Wing of the outlawed Irish Republican army. Police blocked the marchers 100 Yards from the embassy and also worked to prevent trouble Between the anti British demonstrators and about 30,000 peo ple who were in the area for a nearby concert of the Rock group simple minds. No violence was reported. Adams told the rally the last 20 years of British military occupation in the North is the tip of the ice Berg of repression and British military and political  sent troops into Northern Ireland a British province in 1969 to try to Stop sectarian fighting be tween roman Catholic and protestant extremists. Guerrillas of the mainly Catholic Irish Republican army Are fighting to unite the province where protes Tants outnumber catholics 3-2, with predominantly Catholic Ireland. World today London Hospital performs 1,000th heart transplant London a a 17-year-old boy was is recovering after undergoing the 1,000th heart transplant operation at London s Harefield hos Pital since its pioneering program began in 1980. Simon Pashley was in stable condition in in Tensive care after the two hour operation led by Britain s Foremost transplant surgeon Magdi Yacoub said a Hospital spokesman. Details of the donor were not released. Norwegian Campaign has its Fox in Chicken Coop Oslo Norway a a politician who is questioning the generous benefits of Norway s welfare state has emerged As a major challenger to the re election bid of prime minister Gro Harlem  i. Hagen dubbed the the Fox in the political Chicken Coop by observers has taking a hard look at the social benefits system created by the socialist labor party which has ruled 34 of the past 44 years. And the views of the combative and telegenic politician arc commanding increasing attention from voters in a nation of 4.2 million where elections usually Don t bring sweeping change. Hagen the 45-year-old head of tie party of Progress has espoused free Market policies Morekin to British  stressed Law and order issues and backed a limit on Norway s open door refugee policy. Saudi s return from grave shocks Kin to death Riyadh. Saudi Arabia a a Man emerged from his grave after being unconscious for 27 hours and his Mother and sister died from Shock when they saw him the newspaper Ai Riyadh has  said to Liq Zafer Al Shahrani of the desert kingdom s Southern Asir Region had been in Acoma after an Accident at a Grain Mill. His family presumed him dead and buried him. The paper quoted Al Shahrani As saying that when he awoke he screamed for help for hours. A group of passing shepherds finally heard him Ana dug open the grave to pull him  the Joy was Short lived and real tragedy struck when his Mother and sister died instantly from the Shock of seeing him alive the paper re  wish i remained dead rather than cause the death of my Mother and sister a tearful Al Shahrani was quoted As saying. Refugees from Somalia streaming into Kenya Nairobi Kenya a More than 5,000 peo ple fleeing government raids in Southern Somalia have crossed into neighbouring Kenya in the last three weeks according to a newspaper re tort. The refugees started moving into Kinya july 31 after somali troops killed 27 people in five Days of raids near Dolc 12 Miles cast of Kenya s Border the Standard  daily said the refugees were camped in Harhar a town straddling the Kenya Somalia Border about 300 Miles Northeast of  raids reportedly followed government charges that the a same clan the largest in Southern Somalia was expelling members of president Siad Bane s Mare Han clan from the Region the newspaper  somali National movement has been fighting in Northern Somalia to topple the government since 1981. Train in Siberia runs Over seven sleepers on tracks Moscow up a freight train in Siberia ran Over and killed seven people asleep on the tracks the official Tass news Agency has said. A freight train ran Over seven people on the Kazy net Bis Kadzha route in Siberia Tass and were evidently sleeping. Bags of Pine Cone were found near their   
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